Date of Birth
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10-May-1905
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Place of Birth
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Kolkata
(India, West Bengal, Kolkata district)
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Nationality
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India
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Also know as
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पंकज कà¥à¤®à¤¾à¤° मà¥à¤²à¥à¤²à¤¿à¤•, शà¥à¤°à¥€ पंकज कà¥à¤®à¤¾à¤° मलà¥à¤²à¤¿à¤•, Pankaj Kumar Mullick, Shri Pankaj Kumar Mullick, पंकज मलिक
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Profession
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Singer, Actor, Film Score Composer
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Pankaj Mullick, also known as Pankaj Kumar Mullick was a Bengali Indian music director, who was a pioneer of film music in Bengali cinema and Hindi cinema at the advent of playback singing, as well as an early exponent of Rabindra Sangeet.
He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1970, followed by the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1972 for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.
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